Worldwide Satellite Magazine October 2011 SatMagazine 3-2-1 Launch SatMagazine Vol. 4, No. 7 — October 2011 Silvano Payne, Publisher + Author Hartley G. Lesser, Editorial Director Pattie Waldt, Editor Jill Durfee, Sales Director, Editorial Assistant Donald McGee, Production Manager Simon Payne, Development Manager Chris Forrester, Associate Editor Richard Dutchik, Contributing Editor Alan Gottlieb, Contributing Editor Dan Makinster, Technical Advisor Authors Steven Boutelle Dan Freyer Simen K. Frosted Richard Hadsall Jos Heyman Kjell Karlsen Hartley Lesser Randa Relich Milliron Geoffrey Bruce-Payne Branden Spikes Pattie Waldt Cover Image ILS launch of the DIRECTV 12 satellite Photo courtesy of ILS Published monthly by Satnews Publishers 800 Siesta Way Sonoma, CA 95476 USA Phone: (707) 939-9306 Fax: (707) 838-9235 © 2011 Satnews Publishers We reserve the right to edit all submitted materials to meet our content guidelines, as well as for grammar and spelling consistency. 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All included imagery is courtesy of, and copyright to, the respective companies. 3 SatMagazine — October 2011 SatMagazine — October 2011 — Payload A Case In Point Insight Water Management With 56 Sea Launch “On The Way Up” 18 Satellite Technology by Kjell Karlsen, Sea Launch AG by Geoffrey Bruce-Payne Interobital Fosters Small 46 Executive Spotlights Satellite Research Surge Frank McKenna, Int’l Launch Svcs. 10 by Randa Relich Milliron, Interorbital Systems Stuart Daughtridge, Integral Systems 42 The Delta Heritage 32 Focus by Jos Heyman, TIROS Space Information The Evolution Of 28 Satellite-Based Communications Streaming Video Meets Rocket Science 66 by Steven Boutelle, Cisco Global Gov’t Solutions At SpaceX by Branden Spikes, SpaceX The Life, Death + Rebirth Of The 54 Teleport Industry SatBroadcasting™ by Richard Hadsall, MTN Satellite Communications Fiber Meets RF 24 by Dan Freyer, AdWavez Marketing Forrester’s Focus I IBC’s Big Screens Carry Fat Signals 63 IP Over Satellite: Where Cables 38 by Chris Forrester Can’t Reach by Simen K. Frosted, Bridge Technologies 4 SatMagazine — October 2011 SatMagazine — October 2011 — Advertiser Index 2011 Satellite Directory 41 Iridium Communications, Inc. 09 Advantech Wireless 66 (IBC) MANSAT, LLC 15 Arabsat Satellite 19 MITEQ INC. / MCL 47 AVL Technologies 06 Newtec CY 07 Comtech EF Data 04 O3b Networks 02 GigaSat Limited 21 Pacific Telecommunications Council 45 Harris Corporation 13 SatFinder 25 Intelsat General 05 Teledyne Paradise Datacom 11 International Launch Services (ILS) Cover Wavestream 29 ATLANTICB BIRD™ 7 Sea Launch lift-off ILS Launch of Proton launch vehicle 6 SatMagazine — October 2011 Executive Spotlight Frank McKenna, President, International Launch Services (ILS) Frank McKenna became the President of International Launch Services (ILS) and board member in October of 2006, following two years as Vice President and Deputy of ILS. Additionally, in August of 2008, McKenna became the co-chairman of the Board of Directors of ILS. McKenna has more than three decades of experience in the aerospace and space launch businesses with Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin Corporation, which was a partner in ILS until October of 2006. McKenna’s background includes business management, business development and strategy, several CFO positions, and management of domestic and international joint ventures. During the first year of McKenna’s leadership, ILS won more than $1.2 billion in new orders serving customers across the globe. In August of 2007, the industry publication Space News honored McKenna as one of “10 Who Made a Difference in Space.” After establishing a significant quality initiative, by August of 2008, ILS’ backlog reached 24 Proton launches valued at more than $2 billion — a record high. In March of 2009, ILS celebrated a significant milestone — the 50th ILS Proton launch. In October of 2010, ILS and Khrunichev set the industry standard with 26 consecutive successful launches in 27 months — 18 commercial missions and nine Federal missions. Proton being prepped for launch at the Baikonour Cosmodrome Photo is courtesy of ILS 8 SatMagazine — October 2011 9 SatMagazine — October 2011 Executive Spotlight ILS, a U.S. company with headquarters in Reston, Viginia, near Washington D.C., is a global provider of commercial launch services for satellite operators worldwide, and offers a complete array of services and support from contract signing through mission management and on-orbit delivery. The Company has exclusive rights to market the Proton and Angara vehicles, and has launched most commercial satellite platforms. ILS has worked with all major global satellite operators. Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds the majority interest in ILS, is one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry and manufactures the Proton system and is currently developing the next generation Angara launch system. The Proton launches from facilities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and has a history of more than 360 missions since 1965. SatMagazine (SM) Frank McKenna Mr. McKenna, would tell us about your background leading Prior to joining ILS in 2004, all of my career was in the U.S. up to your current role as president of ILS? aerospace and defense industry. I worked with Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC), which was a partner in ILS until October 2006. For Martin Marietta and LMC, I held CFO positions, oversaw business development and strategy and managed domestic and international joint ventures. It has really been a great experience taking this background, combined with a talented management team at ILS and Khrunichev, to create a world-class commercial launch company. SM What are your thoughts on the launch market, given the predicted decline in satellite orders? How do you think new entrants or reentrants will fare in this environment? Frank McKenna We believe that the ratio- nalization of the commer- cial launch industry has been very obvious and inevitable, driven by market forces for years. We have predicted and have been preparing for the decline in satellite orders to less than 20 per year for the GTO market by the end of this year. This dynamic does not fare well for new entrants or those who plan to reenter the market. We believe that GTO satellite orders will remain low for the next few years, as replace- ment cycles for the FSS market have largely been met. ILS has built a solid financial and operational foundation with a robust business model to weather Proton being moved to the launch pad at Baikonour, photo courtesy of ILS the storm and succeed. 10 SatMagazine — October 2011 Executive Spotlight Considering that peak demand has been satisfied by the Russian Federal space program. It is crucial to have a substan- two main launch providers over the last few years, creating addi- tial government business as a second leg to lean on, especially tional supply in the commercial launch heavy lift market during a taking into consideration the forecasted low commercial market. lull in demand will be detrimental to the market in the long term. What sets ILS apart are several different factors; the strong heri- Oversupply in the commercial launch market led to instability in tage and performance of the dedicated Proton vehicle, the flex- the last decade resulting in rationalization by shareholders and ibility of the Proton system to launch to customized orbits, and market forces that drove other suppliers such as the Atlas and unmatched schedule assurance to meet customers’ needs at fair Delta vehicles to primarily serve a more profitable launch sector value. All of those benefits, combined with a solid, sustainable — the U.S. Government. Sea Launch and SpaceX entering the business model with the ILS and Khrunichev partnership, is the market now will inevitably result in a similar shake out. The two total value package we offer. main commercial launch providers, ILS and Arianespace, have been more than able to supply 20 or more commercial satellite SM launches per year, which will be well in excess of demand for What was the result of the Russian State Commission inves- the next several years. tigation and inquiry made by ILS? And how does a company encourage its professional core of contributors to remain posi- SM tive after an event such as anomaly with the Russian Federal How does a multinational company, such as ILS, manage to Proton launch of the Express-AM 4? compete against other heavyweights in the industry to garner launch contracts? What sets ILS apart from other commercial Frank McKenna launch services providers? The Inter-Agency Commission issued a statement on August 30th regarding their review of the failure of the Russian Federal Frank McKenna Proton mission with the Express-AM 4 satellite on August 18. ILS competes and wins business based upon a total value propo- The statement noted that the off-nominal orbital injection of the sition. There were some skeptics when we became a separate Express AM4 satellite was caused by the improper program- entity in 2006, spun off from Lockheed Martin, but we have ming of “time interval to manipulate the gyro platform”. This spent the last five years building a formidable competitive resulted in an off-nominal orientation of the Breeze M and injec- global capability. So far this year, we have won seven new ILS tion of the spacecraft into an unintended orbit. All other Breeze Proton launch orders. Any competitor that comes up against us M systems performed within specifications. According to the gets a fair, well fought competition — and they can attest to report, all other Breeze M systems performed nominally.